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032-003044991 Language Not applicable Subject Water transport

1. Photo 88/1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(26)
Title:
Burmese racing boats [?Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Showing two racing canes, with spectators watching from a grandstand on the bank.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 88/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(27)
Title:
[Ceremonial barge, ?Inle Lake.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Covered barge with tiered roofs and figurehead in the form of a bird, possibly used during the Hpaung daw-u Festival on Inle Lake. Print unsigned, but probably by Klier.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 88/1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(25)
Title:
Burmese paddy boat. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Paddy boat or laung-zat moored on the Irrawaddy, probably at Rangoon. The boats bipod mast is lowered and the crew are posed with oars as if in the act of rowing the vessel.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 88/1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(24)
Title:
Stern of Burmese paddy boat. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Showing the Burmese tillerman seated in the richly decorated (in foliate design) steering chair in the raised stern of an Irrawaddy paddy boat or laung-zat.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 88/1(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(28)
Title:
[King Thibaw's state barge moored on the Irrawaddy at Mandalay.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
A double-hulled vessel with twin figureheads in the form of nats. The covered area of the boat is built in the form of a tiered roofed pyatthat. Print unsigned, but probably by Klier.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item